# headed

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈhɛdɪd/ · frequency rank #2,736

## Definitions
1. Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top.
2. Having a head or brain with specified characteristics.
3. Having hair of a specified color.
4. Having been headed: having had a head formed (by deformation such as die-stamping).

## Etymology
From head (“noun”) + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **heed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heed)
- **heard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heard)
- **heads** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heads)
- **heady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heady)
- **heave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heave)
- **helped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-helped)
- **heaven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heaven)
- **heated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heated)
- **header** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-header)
- **healed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-healed)
- **heater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heater)
- **healer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-healer)
- **hooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-hooded)
- **Healey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-healey)
- **heeled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heeled)
- **heaped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heaped)
- **herder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-herder)
- **heeded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heeded)
- **Heaney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-heaney)
- **hedged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/headed-vs-hedged)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ehaded`, `haeded`, `headde`, `headded`, `headedd`, `heaedd`, `hedaed`, `hheaded`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/headed